Silence kills the soul; it diminishes its possibilities to rise and fly and explore. Silence withers what makes you human. The soul shrinks, until it…

- Marlon Riggs

When nobody speaks your name, or even knows it, you, knowing it, must be the first to speak it.

- Marlon Riggs

Silence is my weapon, silence is my shield.

- Marlon Riggs

So much of my life has been about self-effacement, pretense, masquerading, concealment, and indirection.

- Marlon Riggs

Black men loving black men is THE revolutionary act.

- Marlon Riggs

As long as I have work then I'm not going to die, cause work is a living spirit in me - that which wants to connect with other people and pass on som…

- Marlon Riggs

My struggle has allowed me to transcend that sense of shame and stigma identified with my being a Black gay man. Having come through the fire, they c…

- Marlon Riggs

It is necessary to constantly remind ourselves that we are not an abomination.

- Marlon Riggs